Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-01
THE UNION BRIDGE.
JUDGE z. H. COCHRAN AND ". =. LYNCH
AGAIN IN THE CITY.
They BRING With Than Conditional PTOpOshO1
from New York Capitalists, winch Nay b Sub
uirsd 10 the Sub-Oommitse Today.

The friends of the Union bridge will re-
joice to hear, this morning, that there Is
every indication that the project, the con-
summation Of which means 50 much for the
future of Wheeling, has been put by re-
cent events in q more favorable light than
ever before, and that within few days
there will be placed before our people,
through the joint committees of the Board
of Commissioners, the City Council, and
the Chamber Of Commerce, the details Of
a proposition fIom capitalists who have
been interested in the matter, which, from
present indications, will be entitled TO the
favorable consideration OF this community,
and which once accepted, will put the
bridge enterprise in a position where lts
completion will be assured.
Mr.. Cochran arrived at the Mcclure
House early yesterday morning, and dur
ing the day he was joined by Mr.. o. X.
Woods, OF Martins Ferry. These two
gentlemen had a general talk over the
bridge matter, but nothing else was at
tempted, they awaiting the arrival Of Mr.
Lynch. Late in the afternoon that gentle
man came into town from Canton, o and
about halfpsst three o'clock the gentlemen
repaired to a second floor apartment in the
Mcclure House, where they spent an hour
or more in talking over the situation, and
in consulting the maps, etc, Of the pro-
posed bridge. Later in the day the gen.
tlemen, with one or two Others citizens,
took little pedestrian tour to the upper
end OF the city, and looked over the ground
at the point to be covered by the eastern
terminus of the proposed bridge, after
which they separated
During the evening REGISTER reporters
talked with Messrs Cochran and Lynch,
and from them it was learned that they
had come TO Wheeling with conditional
proposition, 10 be submitted to the recent
| ly-appointed committees. Just what the
terms of this proposition were, was not
divulged, the gentlemen deeming it best
for all parties concerned that the details be
withheld for the present, but enough was
learned to warrant the statement that the
proposition is one which will commend IT.
self to our people. 1t comes from syndi-
cate of eastern people, headed by Mr..
/ Sldi "bO hcsS bhC lCNOAh VI icing WV W
the largest contractors in the country, and
a very wealthy man, and if he and his as
sociates take hold of the enterprise, it will
be put through in short order. Mr.. Clark
recently completed the construction of five
hundred miles of western railroad, aud is
now engaged upon the New York city
aqueduct, S25, coo, 900 job.
1t is understood that one Of the chief
points upon which the syndicate desires to
be informed, is regarding the terminal ia
cilities, and in q direct line with this, what
facilities the various mills and manu-
factories OF the city will have for reaching
the bridge once il is completed. This is a
very pertinent point, but it is thought sat
istactory assurances can be given regard
ing it.
[ II is the intention TO call the sub COM
mittee together to-day, when Messrs.
Cochran and Lynch will ask for statistics
and data upon these aud kindred mat
tiers, aud will then set forth fully
the proposition which they bring. This
done the subcommittee will make re.
port 10 the full committee when the mat.
ter will be made public.
The latter meeting may probably not be
held until the coming week.